Orientation by Backsighting

In this method, the fiducial edge of alidade is laid along a ray drawn from previous station to the present station and the plane table is then rotated till the line of sight of alidade bisects exactly the ranging rod placed at previous station. The plane table is then clamped and said to be oriented. In this method, the level of the plane table has to be maintained identical in both the stations.

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